Health Worker Migration Research
SOURCE COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES
Source" Country Perspectives on the Migration of Highly Trained Health Personnel: Causes, Consequences and Responses, CIHR, 2010-2015
Selected Presentations:
- Bourgeault, I.L. (2017) Gendered Dimensions of Health Worker Migration across Four Source Countries. Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Dublin, Ireland.
- Bourgeault, I.L. Contrasting Source and Destination Country Perspectives on the Migration of Health Workers. Global Health Migration Symposium, University of Sydney, Nov. 6, 2014.
- Bourgeault, I.L. Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Health Workers: Philippines Policy Dialogue. Manila, April 7, 2014.
Key Publications:
- Bourgeault, I.L., Runnels, V., Atanackovic, J., Spitzer, D., Walton-Roberts, M. (2021). Hiding in plain sight: the absence of consideration of the gendered dimensions in ‘source’ country perspectives on health worker migration. Human Resources for Health, 19(1), 1-13.
- Spitzer, et al., & Bourgeault, I. (2017) An examination of the causes, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of highly trained health personnel from the Philippines: the high cost of living/leaving—a mixed method study. Human Resources for Health, 15(25).
- Walton Roberts, et al., & Bourgeault, I. (2017) Causes, consequences and policy responses to the migration of health workers: Key findings from India. Human Resources for Health, 15(26).
- Bourgeault, I.L. Labonte, R., Packer, C., Runnels, V., & Tomblin Murphy, G. (2016) “Knowledge and potential impact of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel: Does it matter for source and destination country stakeholders?” Human Resources for Health 14 (Sup 1)
- Tomblin Murphy, et al., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2016) “A mixed-methods study of health worker migration from Jamaica,” Human Resources for Health, 14 (Sup 1)
- Labonte, et a., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2015) Health Worker Migration from South Africa: causes, consequences and policy responses. Human Resources for Health, 13:92.
DESTINATION COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES'
ON THE MOVE: Health Care Provider Migration Policy in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, CIHR, 2006-2010
Selected Presentations:
- Bourgeault, I.L. International Trade Agreements and HRH Panel, International Health Workforce Collaborative Conference, London, UK, May, 2015.
- Bourgeault, I.L. Professions and the Migration of Expert Labour. The Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism, University of Helsinki, Nov, 2015.
- Bourgeault, I.L. The Balancing Act of Regulating Migration: Comparing Canada, Brazil, the Philippines & Cuba. Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Brazil, Nov., 2013.
- Bourgeault, I.L. The Migration and Integration of IMGs in Canada & Australia: Changing Context of Immigration and Regulatory Policy. University of Warwick, March, 2013
Key Publications:
- Bourgeault, I., Atanackovic, J., and Neiterman, E. (2022)Gendering Integration Pathways: Migrating Health Professionals to Canada in M. Walton Roberts, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional Credentials
- Mathews, M., Bourgeault, I., & Ryan, D. (2022). Perceptions of bias in the selection of international medical graduate residency applicants in Canada. Canadian Medical Education Journal.
- Neiterman, E., Bourgeault, I.L., Julie Peters, Victoria Esses, Elaine Dever, Rae Gropper, Christine Nielsen, Jenna Kelland & Peggy Sattler. (2018) Best practices in Bridging Education: Multiple Case Study Evaluation of Postsecondary Bridging Programs for Internationally Educated Health Professionals in Canada. Journal of Allied Health, 47(1) 23-28.
- Mathews, M., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2018). Saudi visa trainees called home from Canada in diplomatic dispute. The Lancet, Volume 392, Issue 10150, P815-816, September 08, 2018.
- Neiterman, E., Covell, C., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2018) ‘We Want to Be Seen as Partners, Not Vultures of the World:’ Canadian Stakeholders' Perspectives on Migration of International Students. Globalisation, Societies and Education. 1-14
- Neiterman, E., Bourgeault, I., L. & Covell, C. (2017) What do we know and not know about the Professional Integration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada? Healthcare Policy, 12(4) 18-32.
- Mathews M, Kandar R, Slade S, Yi Y, Beardall S. & Bourgeault I. (2017) Examination outcomes and work locations of international medical graduate family medicine residents in Canada. Canadian Family Physician. 63(10) 776-783.
- Mathews M, Kandar R, Slade S, Yi Y, Beardall S, & Bourgeault I. (2017) Realization of Entry-to-Practice Milestones of Canadians who Studied Medicine Abroad and Other International Medical Graduates. CMAJ Open, 5(2) E472-482
- Mathews M, Kandar R, Slade S, Yi Y, Beardall S, & Bourgeault I. (2017) Retention of Canadians who studied medicine abroad and other international medical graduates following post-graduate medical education training in Canada. Healthcare Policy. 12(4) 35-45
- Mathews M, Kandar R, Slade S, Yi Y, Beardall S, Bourgeault I, Buske L. (2017) Credentialing and retention of visa trainees in post-graduate medical education programs in Canada. Human Resources for Health, 15:38.
- Covell, C., Neiterman, E.& Bourgeault, I.L. (2016) Scoping review about the professional integration of internationally educated health professionals. Human Resources for Health 14:38.
- Neiterman, E. & Bourgeault, I.L. (2015) The Shield of Professional Status: Comparing Discriminatory Experiences of IENs and IMGs in Canada. Health, 19(6) 1-20.
- Neiterman, E. & Bourgeault, I.L. (2015) Professional integration as a process of professional resocialization: internationally educated health professionals in Canada. Social Science and Medicine, 131, 74-81.
- Neiterman, E., Salmonsson, L. & Bourgeault, I.L. (2015) Navigating through otherness and belonging: A comparative case study of International Medical Graduates’ professional integration in Canada and Sweden. Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 15(4): 773-795.
- Covell, C., Neiterman, E. & Bourgeault, I.L. (2015) Forms of Capital as Facilitators of Internationally Educated Nurses’ Transition into the Canadian Workforce. Canadian Public Policy. Sup 1, S150-161.
- Covell, C., Neiterman, E., Bourgeault, I.L. (2014) A Scoping Review about Internationally Educated Nurses in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 46(3), 26-45
- Bourgeault, I.L., Neiterman, E. & LeBrun, J., (2011). Midwives on the Move: Comparing the Requirements for Practice and Integration Contexts for Internationally Educated Midwives in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia. Midwifery, 27(3), 368-375
MIGRANT CARE WORKER IN AGING SOCIETY
Migrant Health Care Workers In Aging Societies, SSHRC, 2007-2009
Selected Presentations:
- Bourgeault, I.L. (with B.L. Lowell, S. Spencer & E. O’Shea) The role of migrant care workers in aging societies: older adult care in the U.S., the U.K., Ireland & Canada. International Organization on Migration, Geneva, Feb., 2010.
Key Publications:
- Atanackovic, J., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2013) Migration and Recruitment of Immigrant Care Workers in Canada. Canadian Public Policy. 39(2), 335-350.
- Bourgeault, I.L., Parpia, R., & Atanackovic, J. (2010). Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program: Is it an answer to the growing demand for older adult care? Journal of Population Aging. 3(1-2), 83-102.
- Bourgeault, I.L., Atanackovic, J., Rashid,, A. & Parpia, R., (2010) Relations between Immigrant Care Workers and Older Persons in Home and Long-Term Care. Canadian Journal on Aging. 29(1), 1-10.
- Spencer, S., Martin, S., Bourgeault, I.L., & O'Shea, Eamon. (2010) The Role of Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Report on Research Findings in the United Kingson, Ireland, Canada and the United States.